Cost Of Mayor’s Security Detail Revealed

Share this:

The salaries of the full-time police officers assigned to protect Mayor Gavin Newsom — from the Haight to City Hall, from Hawaii to Rhode Island — is somewhere between $1 and $72.9 million, the SF Appeal has learned.

Why the range? The hand-picked cops who act as Newsom’s bodyguard are part of the SFPD’s Investigations Detail, according to a police spokesperson. A quick look at the Department’s budget breakdown reveals Investigation’s budget to be $72.9 million (up 9 percent, or $6.2 million, from last years tally of $66.7 million).

Also part of the Investigations Bureau: the homicide detail, the burglary detail, the arson unit.

Please make sure your comment adheres to our comment policy. If it doesn't, it may be deleted. Repeat violations may cause us to revoke your commenting privileges. No one wants that!

Greg Dewar

The mayor apparently feels a) he’s more important than President Obama, and b) has no need to be honest with the taxpayers who are paying for his campaigns with a bigger PR staff, MUNI work orders to pay for more staff, and SFPD money to pay for his “security.”

Arnold 2.0. No accent, not as ugly, but the same old story. No worries, his sanctuary city policies won’t play so great out of the SF Bubble.

Greg Dewar

The mayor apparently feels a) he’s more important than President Obama, and b) has no need to be honest with the taxpayers who are paying for his campaigns with a bigger PR staff, MUNI work orders to pay for more staff, and SFPD money to pay for his “security.”

Arnold 2.0. No accent, not as ugly, but the same old story. No worries, his sanctuary city policies won’t play so great out of the SF Bubble.